Sandy

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by ihcc104

Jeff, Glad you made it through the storm too. You had some bad luck with your battery, at least the store was open to help. That stinks about your TVs and cable box, luckily we didn't have any casualties due to power surges.

Glad your back up and operational!

- Cory

To add insult to injury, the 2 year old washing machine got fried too. Have to buy another one tomorrow

[ihcc104]

Darn Buddy, you have terrible luck. Well I suppose at least no one was harmed, I hope you don't find anything else is blown up.

- Cory

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by ihcc104

Darn Buddy, you have terrible luck. Well I suppose at least no one was harmed, I hope you don't find anything else is blown up.

- Cory

I'm out maybe $1500 worth of material things. We made it thru the storm fine and still have our house completely intact.

got to keep things in perspective

[PaulS]

Have you checked with your insurance co to see if anything you lost may be covered.

[ihcc104]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Have you checked with your insurance co to see if anything you lost may be covered.

That's a good point, most don't cover "acts of god" at least ours doesn't. check into that Jeff.

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Have you checked with your insurance co to see if anything you lost may be covered.

I have a $1000 deductible. Not worth a "ding" on my report/history for $500.

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by Jeff in Pa

I have a $1000 deductible. Not worth a "ding" on my report/history for $500.

I don't cost anything to talk to your agent,
My neighbor down the street suffered a big lightning strike, He had $500 deductable but with 100% replacement on all appliances.
It was not considered an act of God.
they replaced all the wiring in the house, replaced the furnace, well pump, washer/dryer, tv's, computers, cook stove ect. ect.
It is not like Car ins where your considered a big risk when you have accidents/claims.
Worth checking into.

[Sam Mac]

Jeff

You may be able to go after the utility. Your stuff was damaged by a power surge from them. Talk to your insurance co about it. It's not like you did anything to cause the problem.

[Leon renaud]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

Jeff

You may be able to go after the utility. Your stuff was damaged by a power surge from them. Talk to your insurance co about it. It's not like you did anything to cause the problem.

after telling CL&P our local power provider here in North Eastern Ct. of wires laying across a tree branch and also complaining of an odd sound reverberating through the house at the slightest breeze we suffered a huge power surge This was when the swaying treelinb finally severed the nutral feed in the drop line from the street to out home.We found out later that CL&P was responsible for all out electronics losses because they had been notified several times of the fact this tree was compromising safety of the powerlines. We found out to late to do anything about it at the time (several years ago) One thing we did learn is that ANYTHING with a clock or instant on was the only things that got fried! Micro wave ,Coffee maker,DVD player,The cook stove anything that had a clock.. Now if we loose power (different home) I kill all the circut breakers but 1 or unplug anything like we lost so no sudden power supply when power returns.

[darkminion_17]

No surges here...POWER IS ON!!! after a week.
Good thing we have a generator.